The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 He shall have neither strength nor helper. 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17